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With that approach, the split soul could successfully train and progress rapidly. Once it reached the Saint Abyss Realm, Huangyue Empress would retrieve the split soul, then assist it in breaking through to a Quasi Emperor, and attaining the Dao as an Emperor.
One hundred thousand years passed, and Huangyue Empress had split off thousands of souls, but very few grew to reach the Saint Abyss Realm—only eight, in fact. She brought them all back to the Huangyue Imperial Empire and cultivated them with great care, with some even having successfully broken through to the Heaven Imperial Realm as Great Emperors.
Huangyue Empress was waiting for the ninth Saint Abyss Realm split soul to emerge. She had placed high hopes on the split soul she had parted with decades before, sealing more within it to ensure its growth.